It’s Pizza Week On Cool Weird Awesome

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This week we’re replaying some of our favorite episodes about a favorite food.

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How Chuck E. Cheese Became The World’s Top Animatronic Mouse Video Gamer And Pizza Restaurateur

Chuck E. Cheese’s Pizza Time Theatre was designed to be a kid-friendly way to promote video gaming and bring the world closer to animatronic mice.


A pizza with basil on top. Photo by Jeff via Flickr/Creative Commons https://flic.kr/p/bLAKct

Steve Jobs, The First Person To Order A Pizza Online

Steve Jobs’ biggest contributions to the tech world are well known, but one you might not have heard of? He was also the first person to order a pizza on the internet.


Close up on a corner slice of Detroit-style pizza (photo by joefoodie via Flickr/Creative Commons https://flic.kr/p/7xC35V)

Detroit-Style Pizza Got Its Shape From Another Famous Detroit Industry

Detroit-style pizza was first made in a special pan that wasn’t meant to be a pan at all.


Two round pizzas, cut into square pieces, next to an open bottle of beer. (Photo by Jerry Huddleston via Flickr/Creative Commons https://flic.kr/p/9TLBjx)

Math Says You Get More Pizza With A Large Instead Of Two Mediums

A bold group of pizza researchers studied how you can get the most pizza for your money.


The mighty Wurlitzer in action at Organ Piper Pizza

The Pizza And Pipe Organ Connection

There’s a little bit of musical and culinary history in Greenfield, Wisconsin, just outside Milwaukee.

Photo by Robert via Flickr/Creative Commons

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The talk of the art world was an exciting avant garde painter named Pierre Brassau, except that Pierre Brassau was a big old hoax.

Drummer Hal Blaine Literally Left His Stamp On Popular Music

One drummer played on over 350 of the biggest hit records of the 1960s and 70s.

Shock Rocker Alice Cooper Was Good Friends With Comedy Legend Groucho Marx

They were two celebs from two different generations, but actually had a lot in common.

Fred The Cat Went Undercover To Catch A Fake Veterinarian In Brooklyn

He made headlines all over the world for the first ever cat-based sting operation.

Rosa Slade Gragg Outsmarted Detroit’s Racial Housing Rules, With A Workaround On A Corner Lot

A Black leader in Detroit found a way around housing rules that tried to keep her from using her own property.
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Brady Carlson
Brady Carlson
Brady Carlson is a writer and radio host from Madison, Wisconsin. more